Octopus Books: 795 books
Carbon Detox
Your step-by-step guide to getting real about climate change
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2007
Reduce your carbon footprint from day 1 - "Carbon Detox" explains the changes each of us can make at home, at work and in every aspect of our lives. From summer heat waves to rising sea levels, climate change affects us all. The main cause is carbon dioxide and our carbon emissions are growing...
by Alannah Moore
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Building a website doesn't have to be complicated or expensive. Create Your Own Website Using WordPress in a Weekend demonstrates how anyone can create a website that looks professional, while being entirely tailored to their needs and preferences.
Carefully structured step-by-step tutorials...
The Low Light Photography Field Guide
Go beyond daylight to capture stunning low light images
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2011
Like all the titles in this successful series, The Low Light Photography Field Guide offers advice from a respected expert and professional. In this volume, Michael Freeman looks at an area that remains problematic for photographers with even top-of-the range equipment: low light.
Opening with...
The Photographer's Vision
Understanding and Appreciating Great Photography
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
In The Photographer's Eye, Michael Freeman showed what a photographer needs to do in the instant before the shutter is released. In the sequel, The Photographer's Mind, he explained the way that professional photographers think a picture through before taking it. Both of these international best-sellers...
The Photographer's Exposure Field Guide
The Essential Guide to Getting the Perfect Exposure; Any Subject, Anywhere
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2011
Choosing the exposure for a photograph is both alarmingly simple and infinitely complex; in fact, it's one of photography's most absorbing paradoxes.
Exposure is at the very heart of photography. It has always been a subject of fascination to aspiring amateurs and professional photographers...
Blogging for Photographers
Showcase Your Creativity & Build Your Audience
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
Photography is a dominant force in the blogosphere, and the potential reach and influence of a successful blog is something photographers of all levels can hardly ignore - but where to begin? Veteran blogger Jolie O'Dell shares the secrets of finding success online with reliable and inspirational...
The Little Book of Tidying
Declutter your home and your life
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
In this age of mass consumerism, we are "stuffocating"; becoming slaves to our possessions. By freeing ourselves from physical and mental clutter, and better managing our schedules, we can focus on what is truly important and discover more time, space and joy.
Grounded in solid science...
by Colin Beveridge
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
The Maths Behind over 60 everyday phenomena.
Have you ever wondered why traffic jams often turn out to have no cause when you get to the end of the queue? There's a mathematical explanation for that. Or ever considered whether some lotteries might be easier to win than others? There's a formula...
by Konstantinos Lazarakis
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2005
Since the 1990s, the Greek wine industry has grown its exports significantly while the wines increasingly win internationally recognized awards. This reference to the 11 official wine-producing regions of Greece covers the vineyards, wines and wineries and grape varieties, with in-depth producer profiles...
by Stephen Brook
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2017
"A fresh and authoritative addition to the Bordeaux library."
Eric Asimov, The New York Times
"This new edition is the ultimate guide to perhaps the greatest wine area in the world. Whether you use the book in your local wine store or tote it on a journey to Bordeaux itself,...
Time to Think
Listening to Ignite the Human Mind
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1999
The power of effective listening is recognised as the essential tool of good management. In this book, Kline describes how we can achieve this, and presents a step-by-step guide that can be used in any situation. Whether you want to have more productive meetings, solve business problems or build stronger relationships, this book offers you a new world of possibilities.
by Jay Calderin
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
A career guide for fashion designers and professionals, covering everything you need to know about building a successful business after graduating.
How do you navigate the confusing and competitive fashion world after the relative comfort of fashion school? How do you learn to adapt to an industry...
Hamlyn All Colour Cookery: 200 5:2 Diet Recipes
Hamlyn All Colour Cookbook
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2014
Whether you're new to the 5:2 diet and you're thinking about giving it a go, or you're already a convert and are looking for recipes to improve your fasting days, this is the book for you.
Choose from a delicious range of satisfying light meals from a variety of world cuisines, all organised...
More Time to Think
The power of independent thinking
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015
The quality of everything we do depends on the quality of the thinking we do first. The leaders, professionals, parents and teachers who understand this are at the top of their fields and inspire some of the finest independent thinking in their environments.
In More Time to Think, Nancy Kline...